No More Hard Feeling

When Johnson discovered that his wife was cheating on him with another man, he went to the man's wife and said, “I have discovered that your husband is having an affair with my wife.” And the other man’s wife said, “I know what we should do! Let's take revenge on them!!” So they both went to a motel and had their revenge. After about 10 minutes, she said, "Let's have more revenge!” And they had another round of revenge. But when after 5 times of repeated revenge with Johnson lying spent, and she said, "Let’s take revenge again!" Johnson calmly said, "let us just forgive them! I have no more Hard Feelings!!"

Do You Want A Wedding Or A Marriage?

 As the Chairman at a wedding reception and in line with my purpose, I told the audience a story of a friend who walked into my office a few weeks after his wedding to borrow N20,000.00, for their upkeep. His wedding had cost about N3 Million. And that set me thinking. A wedding is that one-day event, while a marriage is a life-time experience. Would you prefer a fantastic wedding and a marriage full of financial frustrations? On the other hand, would you prefer a moderately priced wedding and a marriage where there is enough money to spend after buying the necessary items?

As an African thinker, I figured that the poverty in our society is induced by our insistence on impressing other people. We fail to appreciate that most people don’t really care whether we exist or how we exist. And my generation should consider the following:

1.       At least 60% of attendees at Nigerian weddings are unknown to the couple. Most guests wouldn’t even recognize couples on the street after the wedding, because there is no connection beyond the food and drinks.

2.       Lower class and middle class weddings in Nigeria are largely financed by the entire savings of couples who must have worked for long hours with meager income for a period of three to five years and left to start their lives from scratch after this one-day event.

3.       Our weddings are conducted under the impression that guests would present cash and quality gifts to the couples, but at the end, couples get plastics and kitchen utensils as if their entire life would be spent in the kitchen.

             

4.       The society and family members can afford to sponsor the supply of drinks and food at weddings rather than sponsor business ideas that can sustain marriages of a couple for a lifetime.

5.       We can put an end to financial frustrations in marriages and domestic violence if the monies spent during weddings are diverted to help couples comfortably start their lives. Don’t let anyone put you under any pressure! Anyone who insists on an elaborate wedding should provide the funds.

6.       ‘Aso Ebi’ is not compulsory!(My mother and my family folks know that there is no mortal man living or dead, that can compel me to buy Aso Ebi) Bridal train is not by force! Groom’s men are not essential!

7.       The most important memory of any wedding is the picture of the smiling couple, which is placed on the wall of every home. This picture does not show the cost of renting the reception hall, the cost of foods and drinks. Neither does it show the price of the cake or cost of decoration or the rented Limousine.

8.       It is better to monetize gifts for couples, then leave them to decide what to do with it. A monetary gift after a wedding is more valuable than before the wedding.

9.       The society should demonstrate genuine love for couples.

10.   If you can afford it, please ‘turn it up’! Otherwise, don’t let anyone put you under pressure.

“Please feel free to share, for sharing is caring.”

The Humble Husband

During dinner last night, my wife said, “Honey, I demand good manners in bed, just like at the dinner table.” And I said, “No problem! You got it darling.” So at bedtime, I slowly and neatly climbed into bed and asked, “Darling, would you please pass me the pussy?”

The Frozen Chicken

A man was disgusted when his parrot swallowed a Viagra tablet, so he put him in the freezer to cool off. And when he later opened the freezer and brought him out, he noticed that the parrot was sweating. So he asked, “How come you are sweating?" And the parrot replied, “You have no idea how difficult it is, to open the legs of a frozen chicken!!”

Some Facts, About The Human Body _ Part Two

7.       Glow: Humans glow in the dark. It was revealed by ultra-sensitive cameras that our bodies emit tiny amounts of light that are too weak for the human eye to detect. Amazing pictures of "glittering" human bodies were released by Japanese scientists who have captured the first ever images of human "bioluminescence". Although it has been known for many years that all living creatures produce a small amount of light as a result of chemical reactions within their cells, this is the first time light produced by humans has been captured on camera. Strangely, the areas that produced the brightest light did not correspond with the brightest areas on thermal images of the volunteers' bodies.

8.       Stomach: The stomach produces a new lining every 3 days to avoid digesting itself with its own acids. There's one dangerous liquid no airport security can confiscate from you: It's in your gut. Your stomach cells secrete hydrochloric acid, a corrosive compound used to treat metals in the industrial world. It can pickle steel, but mucous lining the stomach wall keeps this poisonous liquid safely in the digestive system, breaking down your lunch but not your own stomach.

9.       Posture: Body position affects your memory. Can't remember your anniversary, hubby? Try getting down on one knee. Memories are highly embodied in our senses. A scent or sound may evoke a distant episode from one's childhood. The connections can be obvious (a bicycle bell makes you remember your old paper route) or inscrutable. A recent study helps decipher some of this embodiment. An article in the January 2007 issue of Cognition reports that episodes from your past are remembered faster and better while in a body position similar to the pose struck during the event.

10.   Brain: Big brains cause cramped mouths. Evolution isn't perfect. If it were, we might have wings instead of wisdom teeth. Sometimes useless features stick around in a species simply because they're not doing much harm. But wisdom teeth weren't always a cash crop for oral surgeons. Long ago, they served as a useful third set of meat-mashing molars. But as our brains grew our jawbone structure changed, leaving us with expensively overcrowded mouths.

11.   Hair: Blondes have more hair. They're said to have more fun, and they definitely have more hair. Hair color determines how dense the hair on your head is. The average human has 100,000 hair follicles, each of which is capable of producing 20 individual hairs during a person's lifetime. Blondes average 146,000 follicles while people with black hair tend to have about 110,000 follicles. Those with brown hair fit the average with 100,000 follicles and redheads have the least dense hair, with about 86,000 follicles.

12.   Flatulence: The average person expels flatulence 14 times each day. Even if you'd like to think you're too dignified to pass gas, the reality is that almost everyone will at least a few times a day. Digestion causes the body to release gases which can be painful if trapped in the abdomen and not released.

Some Facts, About The Human Body _ Part One

1.       Tongue: Every person has a unique tongue print, just like fingerprints. The tongue is a unique organ in that it can be stuck out of the mouth for inspection, and yet it is otherwise well protected in the mouth and is difficult to forge. The tongue also presents both geometric shape information and physiological texture information which are potentially useful in identity verification applications.

2.       Skin: White skin has evolved over time. It seems we were all black ones (consistent with evolutionary fact of first humans in Africa). White skin was a result of humans moving away from the equator. Also all skin, without coloring, would appear creamy white. Near-surface blood vessels add a blush of red. A yellow pigment also tints the canvas. Lastly, sepia-toned melanin, created in response to ultraviolet rays, appears black in large amounts. These four hues mix in different proportions to create the skin colors of all the peoples of Earth.

3.       Orgasm: Having orgasms prevent men from prostate cancer. Two large studies, reported in 2003 and 2004, found that middle-aged men who had (or at least remember having) at least four orgasms a week throughout their 20s, 30s and 40s had a reduced risk of prostate cancer by as much as one-third. Some researchers speculate that ejaculations may clear the prostate of carcinogens.

4.       Foot: The foot is home to the body's thickest area of skin. The skin on the palms and the soles of the feet are 4 mm thick and the thickest skin in the body, the heel portions of the feet being the thickest portions. It's also got the most sweat glands than in any other area.

5.       Appendix: The Appendix isn't as useless as you think. Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix actually has a reason to be – as a “safe house” for the beneficial bacteria living in the human gut. The beneficial bacteria in the appendix that aid digestion can ride out a bout of diarrhea that completely evacuates the intestines and emerge afterwards to repopulate the gut.

6.       Height: The body is taller in the morning than in the evening. The body is taller in the morning than in the evening. You might want to schedule that basketball game for first thing in the morning. That's because our bodies are on average about half an inch taller in the morning, thanks to excess fluid between our discs, which is replenished while we sleep. As the day goes on, and our bodies undergo the strain of standing, the discs get compressed and the fluid seeps out, so the body loses that small bit of extra height.

Some Facts, About Dolphins

1.       Dolphins Recognize and Admire Themselves in Mirrors.

2.       Dolphins give each other names and will answer to it even when called by dolphins they don't know.

3.       Dolphins have the longest memory in the animal kingdom.

4.       The U.S. Navy has 75 trained dolphins to detect enemy swimmers and underwater mines.

5.       The average lifespan of a dolphin is 15 years. However, some of them lived 50 years.

6.       Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

7.       Only one-half of a dolphin's brain goes to sleep at a time.

8.       Dolphins can communicate with one another over a telephone, and appear to know who they are talking to.

9.       Dolphins and whales give birth with the tail first instead of the head.

10.   Male dolphins are called "bulls", and females "cows."

Why Women Love Cats

Two guys were chatting in a bar when one said to other, “I have never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep.” And the other guy said, “That’s simple! Every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat.”

Raising Cocks

When a woman walked into her accountant’s office and told him that she needed to file her taxes, the accountant said, “Before we begin, I’ll need to ask you a few questions.” So he got her name, address, social security number, etc. and then asked, “What is your occupation?” And the woman replied, “I’m a whore.” And the accountant balked and said, “No, no, no. That will never work. That is much too crass. Let’s try to rephrase that.”

Then the woman said, “Okay, I’m a prostitute.” When the accountant again said, “No that is still too crude. Try again.” They both thought for a minute then the woman said, “I’m a chicken farmer.” But when the accountant asked, “What does chicken farming have to do with being a whore or a prostitute?” The woman responded, “Well, I raised over 5,000 cocks last year.”

Which One Are You?

A soldier serving overseas far away from home was annoyed and upset when his girl wrote to break off their engagement, and asked for her photograph back. The soldier immediately went out and collected from his friends all the unwanted photographs of women that he could find, bundled them all together, and sent them to her with a note saying, “I regret that I cannot remember which one you are. So please sort through, keep your photo and return the others.”

Some Facts Of Life

1.       Faith: Once upon a time during a drought, all the villagers decided to pray for rain. But on the day of prayer when they were all gathered, only one boy came with an umbrella. That's FAITH.

2.       Trust: When you throw a baby in the air, she laughs because she knows you will catch her. That's TRUST.

3.       Hope: Every Night we go to bed without any assurance of being alive the nextmorning. But still, we set the alarms to wake us up. That's HOPE.

4.       Confidence: We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of our zero knowledge of the future. That's CONFIDENCE.

5.       Love: We see the world suffering, but we still get married. That's LOVE.

6.       Attitude: On an old man's shirt was written a cute sentence, “I Am Not 60 Years Old, I Am Sweet 16 with 44 years of Experience.” That's ATTITUDE.

7.       Caring: Now that you've been blessed with these facts, don't be stingy with the blessings. Go ahead and share them. That's CARING.

The Family Affair

When man phoned his urologist and said, “Doc, I think my son has VD. And the only woman he’s screwed is our maid.” The doctor said, “Okay don’t be hard on him. He’s just a kid. Get him in here right away and I’ll take care of him.” Then the man added, “But I’ve been screwing the maid too, and I’ve got the same symptoms.” And the doctor said, “Then you come in with him and I’ll fix you both up.” But when the man added, “Well, I think my wife has it too,” The doctor exclaimed, “Oh crap! That means we’ve all got it!”

Some Facts About African Economies

Today some African countries like Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda are amongst the fastest growing economies in the world while others such as South Africa, Morocco and Egypt, are being ranked amongst the developed economies in Africa. In spite of the high rate of unemployment, rising debts and dictatorship in most African countries, it has not deterred the arrival of positive change. Although African countries in fact still have a long way to go, it will be fallacious to say African economies are not emerging. With this regard we will bring you some things you did not know about African economies.

1.       Agriculture will depend on Africa in the future: The availability of about 60% of the world’s unused land is in Africa which gives it the opportunity to develop its agriculture sector and reduce unemployment. According to an article by Susan Lund principal at the McKinsey Global Institute, current trends reveal that African agriculture is on course to create 8 million wage-paying jobs between now and 2020. She goes on to say Africa could add 6 million more jobs if policymakers could encourage expansion of large-scale commercial farming on to uncultivated land. For this to be however possible, African countries need to reform land rights, build up their infrastructure and improve access to inputs such as seeds, finance and insurance to boost agriculture. Such steps have allowed Mali, which built integrated road, rail and sea links to transport refrigerated goods and to increase its mango exports to the European Union six fold in just five years.

2.       African workers are better educated than ever before: Today 40 per cent of Africans have some secondary or tertiary education. By 2020, it will be nearly half. Trends however reveal that most Africans are not only educated in fields which would serve post independent Africa but, the era of complete independence. Today most African countries are host to car assembly plants like in South Africa and Nigeria, technology companies like Microsoft in Kenya all manned by Africans. Some African countries have been noted for training students who have come up with great initiatives in the fields of technology, science and business.

3.       Africa is booming: Africa has been the second-fastest-growing region in the world over the past 10 years, with average annual growth of 5.1 per cent over the past decade, driven by greater political stability and economic reforms that have unleashed the private sector in many countries. While poverty is also on the retreat, Susan Lund reports that, since 2000, 31 million African households have joined the world's consuming class. At the point when household incomes exceed 5000 dollars measured at purchasing power parity. In her opinion Susan says the figure is projected to reach 128 million by 2020.

4.       Africa is poised to have the largest labour force in the world: By 2035, Africa’s labour force will be bigger than that of any individual country in the world, which offers the continent a chance to reap from its young and growing workers to boost economic growth in various sectors especially technology which is one of the fastest growing sectors in Africa and the world. Countries like Rwanda and South Africa presently can be counted amongst the most technologically advanced in the world. This will also go a long way to increase the spending power and financial independence which in effect will lead to increase life expectancy and better standards of leaving.

5.       Reforms are on-going and will attract investors: Following the release of the World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” report this year, more than 8 African countries were amongst the first 100 countries to do business in with a couple few hovering between 100 and 120. Most of these countries have reduced the procedures required for creating a business, facilitation the obtaining of power supply which is vital for businesses to run as well as reduction of time taken to import and export goods a clear example is Mauritius which ranked 49th in the world and first in Africa.

The Fallen angels

A couple young, entrepreneurial prostitutes were riding around town with a sign on the top of their car that read, "Two Prostitutes – $50.00." A police officer, seeing the sign, pulled the ladies over and advised that they will have to remove the sign or go to jail. Right about that time a minivan passed by with a sign on the side of it that read, "Jesus Saves." Then one of the girls asked, "How come you didn’t stop them?" And the officer replied, “Well, that’s a little different, their sign pertains to religion."

The two ladies of the night pouted a bit, but they took their sign down and drove off peacefully. The following day the same police officer was running radar when he noticed the same two young ladies driving around with another sign on their car. Figuring he had an easy arrest, he flipped his lights on and began to catch up when he noticed what the new sign read, "Two Fallen Angels Seeking Peter – $50.00."

The Young Programmer’s Satisfaction

When a young Programmer and his Project Manager boarded a train headed through the mountains on their way to a remote project site, the only seats they could find were two seats right across the aisle from a young woman and her grandmother. After a while, it was obvious that the young woman and the young programmer were interested in each other, because they were giving each other the looks. Soon when the train passed into a tunnel and it was pitch black, there was a sound of a kiss followed by the sound of a slap.

And when the train emerged from the tunnel, the four just sat there without saying a word. The grandmother was thinking to herself, "It was very brash for that young man to kiss my granddaughter, but I'm glad she slapped him." The Project manager was thinking, "I didn't know the young tech was brave enough to kiss the girl, but I sure wish she hadn't missed him when she slapped me!" The young woman was thinking, "I'm glad the guy kissed me, but I wish my grandmother had not slapped him!"

And the young programmer sat there with a satisfied smile on his face and thought to himself, "Life is good! How often does a guy have the chance to kiss a beautiful girl and slap his Project manager all at the same time?"

Why You Should Stop Complaining

Complaining is like a broken record, it repeats itself and goes nowhere. Once upon a time, there were people coming to a wise man, and every time complaining about the same problems. One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter. After a couple of minutes he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled. When he told the same joke for the third time, no one laughed anymore.

Then the wise man smiled and said, “You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over. So why are you always crying about the same problem? So start off by erasing the word PROBLEM from your vocabulary and replace it with the word CHALLENGE. This action by itself frees you from the shackles of the problem and launches you into a solution finding mode because everyone who is challenged fights back. That's the way our brain is wired. Problems make us defensive, challenges make us offensive. So starting today, turn all your problems into challenges and see how things change for the better.”

An Uncanny Excuse

For a couple of hours, two men were enjoying a few drinks at a bar and were getting pretty drunk when one of them noticed a beautiful woman sitting in the corner. One man said to the other, “Jeez, I’d really like to dance with that girl.” And the other man said, “Well, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and ask her. Don’t be a chicken.”

So he approached the lovely woman and said, “Excuse me. Would you be so kind as to dance with me?” Seeing the man was totally drunk the woman said, “I’m sorry. Right now I’m concentrating on matrimony and I’d rather sit than dance.” So the man humbly returned to his friend. And when the friend asked, “So what did she say?” He responded, “She said she’s constipated on macaroni and would rather shit in her pants.”

The Determining Factor

A guy was walking down the street, and on seeing a woman with a perfect pair of breasts, he stopped and said to her, “Hey miss, would you let me bite your breasts for $100 dollars?” The woman replied, “Are you nuts?!” And she kept walking away. He turned around, ran around the block and got to the corner before she did. And he asked again, “Would you let me bite your breasts for $1,000 dollars?” And she said, “Listen you, I’m not that kind of woman! Got it?” So the guy ran around the next block and faced her again and asked, “Would you let me bite your breasts just once for $10,000 dollars?”

She then thought about it for a while and said, “Hmm, $10,000 dollars, eh? Ok, just once, but not here. Let’s go to that dark alley over there.” So they went into the alley, where she took off her blouse to reveal the most perfect pair of breasts in the world. As soon as he saw them, he grabbed them and started caressing them, fondling them slowly, kissing them, licking them, burying his face in them, but not biting them. The woman finally got annoyed and asked, “Well? Are you gonna bite them or not?” And the guy replied, “Nah, costs too much!”

Her Great Talent

When a tough looking group of hairy bikers were riding, they saw a girl about to jump off a bridge, so they stopped. The leader, a big burly man, got off his bike and asked, "What are you doing?" And the girl replied, “I'm going to commit suicide." While he didn’t want to appear insensitive, he also didn’t want to miss an opportunity, so he asked, "Well, before you jump, why don't you give me a kiss?"

She then gave him a kiss. And it was a long, deep, lingering kiss. After she's finished, the tough, hairy biker said, "Wow! That was the best kiss I’ve ever had! That's a real talent you’re wasting. You could be famous. Why are you committing suicide?" And the girl responded, "My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl.”

From A Seenager’s Corner _ Let Us Walk The Walk _ Part Four

Welcome to our part four of, “Let Us Walk The Walk.” In this part, we shall discuss and appreciate how to gather the funds to effectively have, “The Change We Need.” But before then, have to really clean up ourselves. Do you hear all the grumbling around us? Do we really appreciate how much harm we are inflicting on ourselves by being thick-skinned, sitting tight and holding tight to our loots, as if our lives depend on it? Now that we have built our river side, ocean side, valley side, hill bottom, hill side and hill top mansions with heliports, recreational facilities, private churches, private mosques, loots in our private vaults, soak-away and abroad; have we achieved any happiness? When was the last time we have really had a good night sleep and rest?  When was the last time we visited our constituents to listen to their various and numerous tales of woes? Let us purge ourselves, that we may make a difference in this self-preservation task that we have set for ourselves. I call it self-preservation because if we allow others to come and forcefully clean us up, we may be destroyed.

In my broadcast of April 15, 2016, I said, “Why Nigeria Should Not Go Borrowing Again.” Why on earth should we go borrowing, when we have so much cash all around us begging to be picked up? Our first avenue will be all funds in accounts that don’t have BVN. By now, such accounts should be deemed to have been owned and operated by some of our treasury looters, fraudsters or deceased persons. Our second avenue is to ask our Central Bank to produce a list of all account holders, whose accounts total Five Hundred Million Naira and above. Such accounts should be immediately frozen until their owners produce their proofs of earnings and tax returns. And if any of such owners have ever worked in or liaised with the Government, it would be safe to assume that such funds may be product/s of looted funds graft. But if the owners are in business, it will be safe to assume that such funds may be profit, and should be taxed accordingly.

Our third avenue is to tax all properties within Nigeria, starting from the Federal Capital Territory. And those Taxes are very easy to collect, if we adopt the American system of Property Taxation and collection. As once an American Property Tax payer, I know that if you fail to pay your Property Taxes, there are people standing by to pay them and later granted the right to sell those properties to get their investments plus very handsome interests. Let us know ourselves, and to ourselves be true. Let us start living by Honesty and Accountability. While we know that the majority of us hate to pay our taxes, we should appreciate that taxation shouldn’t be punitive. And our fourth avenue is from those arrogantly flaunting their wealth at parties and gatherings. We must see their tax returns, or they be charged for tax evasion. So fellow members, our task of achieving, “The Change We Need,” couldn’t be simpler. All we need is application of Honesty and Accountability. May we be granted the courage to apply these principles; at least for the preservation of ourselves and posterity.

From A Seenager’s Corner _ Let Us Walk The Walk _ Part Three

Welcome to our part three of, “Let Us Walk The Walk.” In this part, we shall appreciate our religious ignorance and discuss how to handle it. They say creation is over four billion years old. Therefore religion is about that old too. And they say religion is too complex to be discussed. But I say that can’t be entirely true, if one is broadminded and tolerant. After all, religion being just an afterthought of man, his action is predominantly based on his environment and his personal ambition to prove that he has something better to offer. This in itself isn’t a bad idea. What is bad is the rubbishing act of his predecessor’s ideas. What moral right can anyone have to rubbish the ideas and achievements of his predecessor? And since series of religions were being born from time to time in all the nations for over four billion years, and all claiming to be worshipping God without God objecting, how can anyone claim in the last two thousand years that God suddenly decided to anoint only his religion? At this point, I wish to digress for just a moment and ask, “Why are we so insensitive? A Romanian Minister just quit, over corruption allegations. And here we are, shamelessly basking in corruption, sitting tight and sadly being celebrated.”

And back to our topic. Before the advent of modern religions, we had thousands of religions otherwise known as traditional religions, and they all co-existed harmoniously. They are our traditional religions and relevant to our people, just as these modern and foreign religions are traditional and relevant to their people in their various places of origin. Ask any very senior Seenageer, and you will be to told how every tribe in our nation respected the Gods of her neighbouring tribes; just as the Indians who have over thirty three thousand Gods do. They celebrate each others’ faiths. And in all four billion years plus, God never told any tribe that He was being worshipped wrongly. Why should we continue to celebrate our ignorance? Just as we don’t know and will never ever know how and why God created Himself, we shall never ever know why He created us so differently. Why can’t we appreciate that our problem is greed, ignorance and intolerance? Let us work on it.

I have always said that in the beginning, every tribe of the world knew their creator and called Him by different names according to their different tribes and ethnicity. And they had their varied cultures too; for whatever reasons only the Creator is privileged to know. Creation took care of everything for our individual benefits. There is a place for every being and everything in creation. Take the soil for example. You have soil everywhere, but the mango tree does not grow in all the soils. Just as the fish that comes to my fresh water river, will not go to all and every other fresh water river. It is my considered opinion that if we spend half the amount of time and energy that we spend in knowing the creation and culture of just one tribe of the world, on our own creation and culture, we shall be better for it. May we be granted the courage to appreciate that if God wanted us to all be the same, He wouldn’t have created us so differently. In Part Four, we shall discuss how to gather the funds to effectively have, “The Change We Need.”

From A Seenager’s Corner _ Let Us Walk The Walk _ Part Two

Welcome to our part two of, “Let Us Walk The Walk.” In this part, we shall demonstrate that our balls shouldn’t be compared to those hanging on Christmas trees just for decoration. Let us be gallant. Let us show that we have the real and live balls. Let us show that we mean business. Let us show that we mean to achieve The Change We Need. Another beauty of our situation is the fact that we can’t lie to ourselves. So we are going to be honest, decisive and transparent. Irrespective of whatever yardstick we may wish to use, I don’t see any reason why a Lawmaker should earn higher than a Medical Director, a Minister, a University Professor or an Army General. Yes, we can’t continue to deceive ourselves. Do you remember how safe we felt when we were seeking the people’s mandate? How we shook hands, ate, drank and danced with them, without wearing bulletproof vests and being escorted by a whole load of security guards? How many of us can do that now? Let’s not continue to take the people’s seemingly docility for granted. So let us clean up ourselves now and quickly too, before others come and forcefully clean us up.

Now that we have re-pledged to be honest and transparent, let us critically look at our religious ignorance. Every day I hear people say, “Religion is a creation of God. Religion is a personal thing. Religion is rooted in your belief.” But I say nothing can be further from the truth than that. If ignorance can be defined as not knowing, then we are so ignorant about the whole thing. And if God is to be defined as the Creator, then we must appreciate that every nation knew their Creator and called Him by different names according to their different tribes and ethnicity. They revered Him, obeyed Him, loved Him, and above all, they were their brothers’ keepers. Since we are ignorant of how He came to be, it can never be considered a personal matter. Neither can it be rooted on belief, because belief doesn’t make something true. The other day a wife wrote her husband, “Our daughter that you have been taking care off for the past twenty years, is not really your daughter.” The husband fell on his knees, praised God and said, “Thank God for this relief. I thought I was living in sin because I believed she was my daughter.” So, belief can’t make anything true. In Part Three, we shall discuss how to handle our ignorance.